After weeks of rumors and speculation regarding when—if ever—Taylor Swift would endorse vice president and 2024 Democratic nominee Kamala Harris for president, the singer-songwriter finally did so with a bang on Tuesday night, signaling her support for the Democratic candidate on social media shortly after Harris’s debate with former president and 2024 Republican nominee Donald Trump.
Posting a photo of herself and her cat to Instagram (a pointed reference to J.D. Vance’s viral invocation of the specter of the “childless cat lady”), Swift wrote: “I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election. I’m voting for @kamalaharris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them.”
She went on: “I think she is a steady-handed, gifted leader and I believe we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos. I was so heartened and impressed by her …